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Annual Report 2015
TO DATE
55 Graduates from the Emerging Leaders Programs (ELP) 201315
40% of ELP Graduates have secured Board Director positions in aged care, health, mental
health, disability, drug and alcohol, education, training and peak body groups
21 % of ELP Graduates have secured Board Traineeship positions
60 ELP scholarships offered since the Project’s inception in 2012
30 Community Partners sponsoring the Project
317 eMembers (newsletters, website) of the Project
THIS YEAR
19 ELP Graduates
8 new Community Partners
Establishment of the ELP Alumni Network
115 New eMembers
Lotterywest Funding for new website (coming soon)
4 New Governance Resources:
“Emerging Funding Models for the Aged Care and Community Sector;" Ebook
“Get on Board” – Helping to Develop Young and Emerging Leaders for Board Roles in the
WA Aged Care and Community Sectors” Ebook
"Embracing Age Diversity on Boards The Power of an Untapped Resource" Ebook
Governance Training List
Achievements
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VISION
MISSION
GOALS
To create a world class aged care and community
sector underpinned by strong Board governance and
leadership.
A success i ve r ec ru i tmen t s t r eam o f Boa rd r eady young p ro fess i ona l s t o s t r eng then
commun i t y Boa rd gove rnance
A s t r ong coa l i t i on o f commun i t y pa r t ne r o rgan i sa t i ons commi t t ed t o cu l t u ra l change and t he
i nc l us i on o f young p ro fess i ona l s i n Boa rd gove rnance and l eade rsh i p
An ev i dence body o f r esea rch , i n f o rma t i on and r esou rces t o engage and p romo te age
d i ve r s i t y on commun i t y Boa rds .
To f ac i l i t a t e age d i ve r s i t y on commun i t y
Boa rds t o imp rove Boa rd pe r f o rmance
Project Director’s
Report
Systems Thinking For Better Leadership
Many of you would be familiar with the work of Peter Senge who wrote 'The Fifth
Discipline', which is often cited as a seminal book to help managers overcome their
obstacles to growth and create brave new futures for them and their organisations.
In 2015 he published the thoughtprovoking article, ‘The Dawn of Systems
Leadership’. The article maintains that Systems Leaders need three core
competences to foster collective leadership. These are: the ability to see the larger
picture; the capacity to foster reflection and generative conversations; and shifting
collective focus from reactive problem solving to cocreating the future.
I am convinced that the larger picture that we are focused on today is the aged care
and community sectors for which we have a shared ambition to create world class
services for a civil society.
Our capacity to foster reflection is within the mirror we use to observe the prevailing
assumptions we carry into conversations, and consider how they may limit us. I am
continually challenging assumptions by asking “Why do you hold the belief that
Young Leaders can’t be Board Directors?”.
Generative conversations are what I see occurring when Community Partners
present to the Young Leaders in the collective atmosphere of our Unconventions or
at onetoone intergenerational mentoring sessions. These conversations centre on
each of us being interested in learning and exchanging ideas about how we can
improve governance and leadership. In these dialogues we undertake a shared
exploration towards greater understanding, connection and possibility of what the
future could look like. We also build Trust which is essential to allow us to listen to
and hear the views of others.
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Project Director’sReport
We have just completed our third year of the Project. All along the way, we have
been helping each other to articulate our deeper aspirations and we are continually
building on the tangible accomplishments we have achieved together. We are
building an inspiring vision, while at the time facing difficult tensions between this
vision and the reality of our sector’s shifting sands. It is a positive experience
however because we are learning how to use these tensions to create new
approaches to governance and leadership.
Without a doubt the Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care and Community
Boards Project is a clear demonstration of collective leadership. Each Community
Partner has made this Project a success. You have given your money, your time,
your knowledge and your experiences; and you have been courageous in opening
yourself and your Board rooms to help develop Directors for our nation.
As we continue this Project, more and more Systems Leaders who catalyze
collective leadership will emerge. I invite those leaders who are yet to engage with
us to do so, so that you too may be part of this exciting journey.
Dr Nicky Howe
CEO, Southcare Inc
Project Facilitator’s
Report
I was so pleased to see Community Partner, Holyoake’s CEO Angie Paskevicius win the WATelstra Businesswoman of the Year Award earlier this year. I think it marks the increasingrecognition of the leadership shown by the notforprofit (NFP) sector.
The Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care and Community Boards Project is aboutleadership Leadership demonstrated collectively by Board Directors, senior executives andemerging leaders. It is a leadership that requires commitment and courage to be innovativeand to support collaboration and diversity to strengthen the sector.
And momentum is building! With our third Emerging Leaders Program this year, we can nowproudly say that 40% of the three groups (ie 22 participants) have been appointed as BoardDirectors with even more stepping up to Board traineeships and committee positions.
This is a wonderful achievement when there is still much stereotypical debate about thebenefits of age diversity on Boards. The commitment, courage and leadership displayed byour Program Alumni and Community Partners to create this mindset shift is incredible.
The Unconventions have also continued to offer exceptional learning experiences bringingtogether a broad mix of attendees and allowing for exploration and discussion on governanceissues facing the NFP sector. The first Unconvention showcased a remarkable mix of BoardDirectors to debate and discuss the issues challenging Boards, including Board composition,recruitment and leadership. Professor Paul Flatau from the Centre of Social Impact sharedthe latest research about NFPs and the greater need for professional development. Thesecond Unconvention shared the knowledge and expertise of George Jones, 2012 WASenior Australian of the Year as well as presenting panels and workshops on Boardtraineeships, innovation and entrepreneurship in the NFP sector.
We’ve had an exciting response already to the 2016 Emerging Leaders in GovernanceProgram so we are confident to bring together another excellent group of aspiring BoardDirectors. I am always open to conversations with Community Partners about how we canprovide more inspiring and useful Unconventions and training for emerging Board Directorsin the NFP sector.
Alicia CurtisProject Facilitator
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The Team
www.youngleadersonboards.com.au
Nicky - Project Director
Brett- ELP Alumni
Martin- ELP AlumniTamara (r) - ELP Alumni
Sean - ELP Alumni
Alicia - Project Facilitator
Laura - ELP Alumni
Emerging Leaders Program
(ELP) Alumni
Dr Nicky Howe
Alicia Curtis
Investing in Leadership
Looking back to 2012 when Southcare launched this Project with MercyCare and Baptistcare, it isinspiring, encouraging and a remarkable success that we now have 30 aged care and communityorganisations supporting the Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care and Community BoardsProject as Community Partners. Eight organisations joined our coalition this year and we arecurrently having conversations with others who are keen to support it.
What started off as an initiative for the aged care sector has now extended into the community,sector, state and local government and the business sector. Our Community Partners are indisability, health, youth, education, training, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, advocacy, housing,recruitment and a wide variety of community, social and neighbourhood services. In our diversity,we are committed to the mission of attracting talented young people with a broad range of skills andexperiences onto our Boards and Senior Committees to foster innovation with new ideas andperspectives, to develop a leadership foundation that connects effectively with our diversecommunity of customers and stakeholders and to promote succession planning.
Community Partners
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Community Partners 2015
Not only do Community Partners sponsor the Project financially (events and scholarships),they also share their knowledge and experience as speakers at our Unconventions andnetworking events and as intergenerational mentors. They invite our Emerging Leader Program(ELP) participants into their communities and for site visits, they offer Board observation andtraineeship opportunities to ELP participants and graduates and several have welcomedoutstanding graduates as Directors on their Boards of Governance.
Community Partners are also instrumental in securing new supporters. Community Partner, theCity of South Perth hosted a breakfast presentation in August for Local Government Mayors andCEOs to engage with the Project; and we are pleased most recently to welcome the City ofCanning as a Community Partner. Linkwest also gave us an exhibition stand at their 'Into theSpotlight' Conference in August where we were able to connect with many potential partners.Personally many Community Partner CEOs and Directors are also reaching out to their peers topromote this Project for our community.
We thank all our Community Partners for their courage, time, resources and money to facilitateopportunities for a new generation of leaders.
SouthcareHACC
CommunityWestSilverchainHall & PriorHolyoakeMercyCareBaptistcareLinkwestBethanieRiseRuah
Hope Community ServicesFoundation HousingCity of South PerthCity of Canning
Nulsen Disability ServicesYMCAAnsonACSWASwancareAdvocareAnglicare
Community VisionMosaic
WACOSSLASA
YWCA of PerthMelville Cares
Rotary
"The program has impacted me in so manyways, however two main things that I've reallybeen struck by are the generosity andexpertise of the facilitators, mentors andcommunity partners and how willing they haveall been to pay it forward to a new group ofemerging leaders and share their knowledge.Often we view leaders as unapproachable,however everyone involved has been sosupportive throughout the program and hasinspired me to ensure I am the same".
Marc Zen, ELP Graduate
Equipped to Lead
Nineteen outstanding leaders graduated from the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) on 29 Aprilthis year. The Graduation Ceremony at Southcare Inc, was attended by Community Partnersand leaders and family and friends of the graduates.
The ELP commenced in January 2015. Program commitments for participants included aleadership retreat, site visits, Board governance and skills training, networking and mentoringsessions, Board observations, media promotion and group projects. The Program wasdelivered by Alicia Curtis with Dr. Nicky Howe and guest presenters.
All 19 graduates secured scholarships and entry to the program in late 2014 through acompetitive application process where each participant was identified as engaged, involved andready to make a positive impact in the community as Board and communityleaders. Applications for the 2016 Emerging Leaders Governance Program opened inNovember 2015. An information night on 4 November 2015 was very well attended andselections are underway.
The Emerging Leaders Program(ELP)
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James Jegasothy
Nicole Brown
Davina Hunter
Miguel Gomez
Shanna Crispin
Victoria Long
Seemarpreet Riyat
Gabriel Reed
Marc Zen
Karen Wellington
Alana Bernstein
Tamara Findlay
Phil Beckett
Tara Burke
Laura Koh
Dane Etheridge
Maryam Khan
Stefanie Johnston
Travis Thomas
"This program has delivered all that I expected and then some. Inow feel equipped to become a board director and have learnt agreat deal about myself as well. The training we have received hasassisted my professional development, increased my confidence inthe workplace, and improved my communication. "
Since the Program's inception in 2013, 40% of ELP Graduateshave secured Board Director Positions in aged care, health,mental health, disability, drug and alcohol, education, training andpeak body groups. All graduates join a network of ELP Alumni,members and community leaders committed to better Boardgovernance.Congratulations to the following ELP graduates whohave secured Board positions and traineeships at the time of thisreport:
Board PositionsMiguel Gomez Southcare Inc.Stephanie Johnston – Echo Community ServicesSeemar Riyat – LinkwestKaren Wellington – Classroom of HopeSean Thorpe – Starick Inc.Louise Forster – Palmerston Inc.
Board TraineeshipsKaren Wellington Community West Board Traineeship 2015Tamara Findley Southcare Board Traineeship 2015Davina Hunter Swancare Board Traineeship 2015Travis Thomas CommunityWest Board Traineeship 2015Brooke Jones Community Vision Board Traineeship 2015Tara Burke Starick Inc Board Traineeship 20152016
ELP Graduates 2015
Laura Koh, ELP Graduate
For a few months last year, Seemar Riyat an ELP graduate, was a'shadow treasurer' on the Linkwest Board, learning the ropes fromLinkwest's 201415 Treasurer. When the Treasurer stepped down atthis year's AGM, Seemar, who is a management accountant,nominated for the Board and is now our Treasurer for 201516.
Linkwest as a Community Partner can certainly testify to the successof this Project.
Jane Chilcott, CEO Linkwest, Community Partner
Miguel, Karen and Seemar
A Governance Mission
The Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care andCommunity Boards Project is committed tostrengthening Board governance and facilitatingage diversity on community Boards.
We support these objectives throughconversations, sharing Board knowledge andexperience, delivering customised governancetraining, developing Board resources and offeringBoard observations and traineeships providedthrough Community Partners, ELP Graduatesand our leadership networks.
Talking about Governance
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Unconventions
Two Unconventions in February ('Building the Board You Want") and September 2015 ("NFP Future Innovations" )
brought our Unconventions total to eight since the inception of the Project in 2013. Unconventions continue to book
out early and enjoy strong support from aged care and community leaders and ELP alumni. Many of the
Governance conversations in panel discussions, debates and speaker presentations are available in the Toolkit on
the website.
Unconventions bring Board Directors, CEOs, Senior Executives, academia and young leaders together to work for
better Board governance in the aged care and community sector. They are a forum to explore, debate, review and
have conversations about Board governance, leadership and the inclusion of young people on Boards. ELP
participants have the opportunity to meet, network and learn from the “realworld” situations and experiences of
industry leaders.
Board Observations
Several of our Community Partners and supportersprovided opportunities for ELP participants to sit inon their Board meetings and have exposure toBoard papers, procedures, decisionmaking andoperations. This experience gave manyparticipants the confidence to apply for Boardpositions and traineeships after graduation. Ourthanks to the following organisations who providedBoard Observation opportunities during 2015:CommunityWest, Rise Network, Interchange,Southcare, Baptistcare, Anglicare, WACOSS,ACSWA, Linkwest, Hope Community Services,RUAH and Diabetes Research.
Board TraineeshipsBoard traineeships give emerging leaders theopportunity to experience the roles and responsibilitiesof a Board Director, without the financial and legalresponsibilities. Through traineeships, participants gainan understanding of Board processes in a handsonenvironment, by reading Board papers, attendingBoard meetings, and participating in Boarddiscussions. In 2015, Southcare, Starick Inc,Swancare, Melville Cares and CommunityWestmade Board traineeships available to ELP graduates.Several Community Partners set up BoardTraineeships for staff in their own organisations. Manypast graduates from past programs have also gone onto secure full Board positions after completingtraineeships.
Resources
In 2015, ELP participants produced 3 ebooks anda governance resource for the resource toolkit. Theseare available on the website.
Emerging Funding Models for the Aged Care andCommunity Sector
Get on Board – Helping to Develop Young andEmerging Leaders for Board Roles in the WA AgedCare and Community Sectors
Embracing Age Diversity on Boards The Power ofan Untapped Resource
Governance Training List
Building a Successful Board Mix
Building Board Resiliency
through Partnerships
Engaging Young Professionals in
the NFP Sector
Twitter #boarduncon
Do you trust your fellow Board
members?How to implement a Trainee
Board Director program
Using Edward De Bono Thinking
Methodologies on Boards
Do NFPs need Corporate
Professionals on their Board to
Survive and Thrive?
Are Board Chairs integral to
choosing Board Composition?
UNCONVENTIONS
2015
Are skill set matrixes integral
to Board Recruitment?
What we spoke about...
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Professor Paul Flatau, Chair in Social
Investment and Impact and Director of the
Centre for Social Impact at the UWA
Business School
Julian Keys, Chair, Swancare
Dr Dorothy Jones, Board Member, Ruah
Jonathon Woolfrey, Chair, Hope
Community Services
Tara Ludlow, Chair, ISHAR
Geoff Parnell, Mosaic
Bev Jowle, CEO South Coastal Women’s
Health Services
Linda Crumblin , Chair, CommunityWest
Garry McGrechan, Chair, Baptistcare
Dr Moira Watson, Chair, Volunteer
Taskforce
John Barrington, Chair, Anglicare
Ali Sumner, Chair, Green World Revolution
and CEO, POWA Institute
George Jones. Sundance Resources'
Retired Chairman
Dr Nicky Howe, CEO Southcare
Jonathan Smith, Director, ANSON
Megan Paull, Director Postgraduate
Research, School of Management
and Governance, Murdoch University
Maryam Khan, Business Analyst,
Baptistcare
Steph Shorter, Social Ventures Australia
Alicia Curtis – Keynote Speaker and
Facilitator
Liz Prescott, CEO, AUSUM
Rhys Williams, CEO Make Place
Mario Gomes, Business Development and
Marketing Manager, Holyoake
Unconvention 2015 Speakers
A Culture of Leadership
The Engaging Young Leaders on Aged Care andCommunity Boards is creating a supportiveculture of leadership for young leadersto continue to be successful on their leadershipjourney.
Intergenerational mentoring sessions, dedicatednetworking events and the recent establishmentof an alumni network are ensuring that ourgraduates have the ongoing support of theleadership community to continue theirleadership growth.
Leadership Communities
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The creation of an ELP Alumni in June 2015 has generated new
opportunities for ELP Graduates and other young leaders interested in the
program to stay connected to each other through social, learning and
networking opportunities which will occur over time. The Alumni’s first
event “Why now is a good time to be on a Board” in November featuring
George Jones, Retired Sundance Chairman as speaker, was well
attended. More events are planned for 2016 as well as a Linkedin group.
The Alumni Committee is composed of ELP graduates Laura, Tamara,
Sean, Brett; and volunteer Martin.
As part of the ELP Program, several community partners andsupporters provided intergenerational mentoring sessions to each ofthe ELP participants. It was a unique opportunity for these youngleaders to learn from the successes and experiences of establishedcommunity leaders. Participants reported gaining valuable coachingand guidance to progress their personal leadership aspirations aswell as insights into real world leadership techniques and challenges.Several have developed lasting connections with these leadersgiving them the confidence to feel accepted into the leadershipcommunity.
Acknowledgements to all Community Partners who providedmentoring sessions to the ELP; including Rise Network, Holyoake,Southcare, Linkwest, MercyCare, Baptistcare, Silverchain, Anglicareand City of South Perth.
"The mentoring session withChris How from Bethanie,solidified my desire to work inthe management and/orgovernance areas of an agedcare organisation to achieve thebest possible care and choicefor consumers. Not only do Iknow where I want to be, I nowhave a plan for achieving thesteps to get there".
Integenerational Mentoring
Community Partners, supportersand ELP participants had manyopportunities to broaden theirnetworks, share ideas, and makemeaningful connections with eachother at a dedicated networkingnight, the unconventions andseveral other events. Many of ourELP participants come fromprofessional backgrounds outsideof the community sector andthese events were an importantopportunity to meet and developrelationships in the communitysector.
ELP Alumni
Stefanie Johnston, ELP Board
Graduate and Director Echo
Community Services
Networking
In 2015, we received $192,000 in financialsupport and $31,200 inkind support(venues, training, services, speakers) fromcommunity partners.
The representation is provided with financial information for the
calendar year to 2 December 2015.
Thank you for supporting good governance in
the aged care and community sector.
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